For open-source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing
AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier but maintaining them is just as hard.
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It’s MAGA v Broligarch in the battle over prediction markets
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the love-hate (but mostly hate) relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington. I hope everyone got to celebrate George Washington’s birthday in their preferred manner: skiing, staycationing, subscribing to The Verge if you haven’t already, etc. Prediction: this is going to be a mess Political […]
Altman and Amodei share a moment of awkwardness at India’s big AI summit
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi prompted speakers at the event to join hands and raise them in a show of unity, all executives on stage obliged, except OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, who held their hands conspicuously apart.
Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing
“I think we’re the only quote-unquote manufacturing company out there that has H200 clusters in a data center on site.”
Reliance unveils $110B AI investment plan as India ramps up tech ambitions
Reliance has begun building multi-gigawatt AI data centers in Jamnagar, with more than 120 MW of capacity expected to come online in 2026.
OpenAI taps Tata for 100MW AI data center capacity in India, eyes 1GW
OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year.
OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partnership
OpenAI moves beyond ChatGPT in India with a Pine Labs deal targeting enterprise payments and AI-driven commerce.
Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s VP explains what to do
Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real traction early. Cloud credits, access to GPUs, and foundation models have made it easier to get started, but those early infrastructure choices can have unforeseen consequences once startups move beyond […]
Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than six months
Amazon said Blue Jay’s core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects.
Google’s AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app
Google has given Gemini the ability to spit out AI-generated music, courtesy of DeepMind’s latest audio model. Beta access to Lyria 3 is rolling out in the Gemini app, enabling users to generate 30-second tracks based on text, images, and videos, without having to leave the chatbot window. The new music-making tool is available globally […]